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Eichhörnchen · 08-02-21, 01:47 PM

Male

Female

Still a lousy year for butterflies. I went over to my favourite spot a couple of days ago and the only things I saw were 2 or 3 Meadow Browns and these two Hedge Browns (aka the Gatekeeper). The male is smaller and has the large patches of brown scent scales in the middle of the forewings, absent from the much larger female

I did learn something when reading up on these, however, and that is that they are entirely absent from Scotland. Maybe it's the bagpipes

08-02-21, 01:47 PM	#259
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,809 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hedge Brown or Gatekeeper Male Female Still a lousy year for butterflies. I went over to my favourite spot a couple of days ago and the only things I saw were 2 or 3 Meadow Browns and these two Hedge Browns (aka the Gatekeeper). The male is smaller and has the large patches of brown scent scales in the middle of the forewings, absent from the much larger female I did learn something when reading up on these, however, and that is that they are entirely absent from Scotland. Maybe it's the bagpipes __________________